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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C2O_the-night-of-december-13-1862_Kinston-NC.html
After the fighting near Southwest Creek, the Confederates withdrew toward Kinston. Marching north, they crossed a creek and waded through the frigid swamp. Many cold, wet soldiers spent a miserable night at Harriet's Chapel. The Confederate off…
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This site was the center of the Confederate's final line of defense during the Dec. 13-14, 1862 Battle of Kinston. It occurred as Union General John G. Foster's Division was enroute from New Bern to Goldsboro to destroy the Wilmington-Weldon Railr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B0Q_caswell_Kinston-NC.html
(West face)The people of N.C. have erected this monument in remembrance of the eminent services of Richard Caswell The first Governor under a free constitution (South face)He was called to the Head of Affairs in No. Ca. in the darkest hour of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AVH_the-town-of-kingston_Kinston-NC.html
To Commemorate The Establishment Of The Town Of Kingston In 1762And To Honor Its First TrusteesFrancis McLewean - Richard CasewellSimon Bright, Jr, - John ShineDavid Gordon——This tablet is placed by theLenoir County Committee Of The No…
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(center) 1917 - 1918 1941 - 1945 In grateful tribute toward the living and the dead, who through their valiant efforts and bitter sacrifice have made America great, is this shrine so nobly dedicated. May God grant that the liberty of mankin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19P4_lewis-school_Kinston-NC.html
A coeducational private school, conducted by Dr. and Mrs. Richard Henry Lewis, opened in 1877 and closed in 1902, was in this house.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM196C_harmony-hall_Kinston-NC.html
Office of Secretary of State during Revolution. Later owned by Richard Caswell & sons. Altered in nineteenth century.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18JB_tower-hill_Kinston-NC.html
Plantation of Gov. Dobbs, selected as the colonial capital & named George City by act of assembly, 1758. Act was never executed. 1 1/2 mi. S.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP0Y_kinston-hangings_Kinston-NC.html
In February 1864, in this vicinity, 22 white soldiers from the Kinston area were hanged in three groups by Confederate authorities. The executed men had been captured while serving in the Union army by troops under the command of Maj. General E. P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMLS_moving-the-css-neuse_Kinston-NC.html
When asked by superiors about the completion of the Confederate ironclad being built on the Neuse River upstream from New Bern, Gen. John Peck of the Union army stated, "Hitherto it has been a question of iron and time." Paraphrasing the general, …
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